1*c96ccc20Sclaudio.\" $OpenBSD: iscsid.8,v 1.11 2025/01/21 12:26:47 claudio Exp $ 2d59350a6Sdlg.\" 3d59350a6Sdlg.\" Copyright (c) 2010 David Gwynne <dlg@openbsd.org> 4d59350a6Sdlg.\" 5d59350a6Sdlg.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any 6d59350a6Sdlg.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above 7d59350a6Sdlg.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. 8d59350a6Sdlg.\" 9d59350a6Sdlg.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES 10d59350a6Sdlg.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 11d59350a6Sdlg.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR 12d59350a6Sdlg.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES 13d59350a6Sdlg.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN 14d59350a6Sdlg.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF 15d59350a6Sdlg.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. 16d59350a6Sdlg.\" 17*c96ccc20Sclaudio.Dd $Mdocdate: January 21 2025 $ 18d59350a6Sdlg.Dt ISCSID 8 19d59350a6Sdlg.Os 20d59350a6Sdlg.Sh NAME 21d59350a6Sdlg.Nm iscsid 2273d4fc9bSjmc.Nd iSCSI (Internet SCSI) daemon 23d59350a6Sdlg.Sh SYNOPSIS 24d59350a6Sdlg.Nm 25f91d3f97Ssthen.Op Fl dv 26c8d06360Ssobrado.Op Fl n Ar device 27d59350a6Sdlg.Op Fl s Ar socket 28d59350a6Sdlg.Sh DESCRIPTION 29d59350a6Sdlg.Nm 30d59350a6Sdlgis an Internet SCSI 31d59350a6Sdlg.Pq iSCSI 32d59350a6Sdlginitiator implementation. 33d59350a6Sdlg.Pp 34d59350a6Sdlg.Nm 35d59350a6Sdlgis usually started at boot time. 36d59350a6Sdlg.Pp 37d59350a6SdlgA running 38d59350a6Sdlg.Nm 39d59350a6Sdlgcan be controlled with the 40d59350a6Sdlg.Xr iscsictl 8 41d59350a6Sdlgutility. 42d59350a6Sdlg.Pp 43d59350a6SdlgThe options are as follows: 44d59350a6Sdlg.Bl -tag -width Ds 45d59350a6Sdlg.It Fl d 46d59350a6SdlgDo not daemonize. 47d59350a6SdlgIf this option is specified, 48d59350a6Sdlg.Nm 49d59350a6Sdlgwill run in the foreground and log to 50d59350a6Sdlg.Em stderr . 51c8d06360Ssobrado.It Fl n Ar device 52d59350a6SdlgUse an alternate /dev entry for communicating with the kernel. 53d59350a6Sdlg.It Fl s Ar socket 54d59350a6SdlgUse an alternate location for the default control socket. 55f91d3f97Ssthen.It Fl v 56f91d3f97SsthenProduce more verbose output. 57d59350a6Sdlg.El 58d59350a6Sdlg.Sh FILES 59d59350a6Sdlg.Bl -tag -width "/var/run/iscsid.sockXX" -compact 60b9170857Ssobrado.It Pa /etc/iscsi.conf 6180631dfaSclaudioDefault 62cdc4b871Sjmc.Nm 6380631dfaSclaudioconfiguration file. 64b9170857Ssobrado.It Pa /dev/vscsi0 65d59350a6SdlgDefault device used to exchange SCSI messages with the kernel midlayer. 66b9170857Ssobrado.It Pa /var/run/iscsid.sock 67d59350a6Sdlg.Ux Ns -domain 68d59350a6Sdlgsocket used for communication with 69d59350a6Sdlg.Xr iscsictl 8 . 70d59350a6Sdlg.El 71d59350a6Sdlg.Sh SEE ALSO 72d59350a6Sdlg.Xr vscsi 4 , 73cdc4b871Sjmc.Xr iscsi.conf 5 , 74d59350a6Sdlg.Xr iscsictl 8 75e8dc2910Sjmc.Sh STANDARDS 76d59350a6Sdlg.Rs 77d59350a6Sdlg.%D April 2004 78e8dc2910Sjmc.%R RFC 3721 79e8dc2910Sjmc.%T Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) Naming and Discovery 80d59350a6Sdlg.Re 81*c96ccc20Sclaudio.Pp 82*c96ccc20Sclaudio.Rs 83*c96ccc20Sclaudio.%D April 2014 84*c96ccc20Sclaudio.%R RFC 7143 85*c96ccc20Sclaudio.%T Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) Protocol (Consolidated) 86*c96ccc20Sclaudio.Re 87d59350a6Sdlg.Sh HISTORY 88d59350a6SdlgThe 89d59350a6Sdlg.Nm 90d59350a6Sdlgprogram first appeared in 91d59350a6Sdlg.Ox 4.9 . 92d59350a6Sdlg.Sh AUTHORS 9344e68d47Sschwarze.An Claudio Jeker Aq Mt claudio@openbsd.org . 94